NBA legend and TNT analyst Charles Barkley appeared on CNBC’s Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo Thursday afternoon and voiced his support for the 6 jurors who allowed George Zimmerman, 29, to get away with the February 26, 2012 murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. “I agree with the verdict,” Barkley told Bartiromo. “I’m sorry that young […]
On Wednesday, George Zimmerman legal team leaders Mark O’Mara (pictured left) and Don West (pictured middle) were videotaped at Nello, one of New York City’s most-expensive restaurants, looking quite jubilant, even though O’Mara was interviewed just days before saying both he and his family were afraid for their lives. RELATED: Boo Hoo, Zimmerman and […]
Trayvon Martin‘s parents appeared on “The View” this morning to express their disappointment over George Zimmerman‘s not guilty verdict. It was the parent’s fourth morning interview. SEE ALSO: Update: Rachel Jeantel Accepts Tom Joyner’s College Scholarship Barbara Walters asked Trayvon’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, and father, Tracy Martin, about their whereabouts during the reading of the […]
Grammy-nominated reggae artist Andrew “Dru” Barnes (pictured) was smashed in the face with a hammer in Brooklyn last week, according to the NY Daily News. SEE ALSO: Young Black Men: Your Life Matters! Barnes, a member of the alternative reggae band JOGYO, had reportedly just left his friend Gerrit Vooren’s Bedford-Stuyvesant home at 11 a.m. […]
Who is Marissa Alexander? Marissa Alexander is a 31-year-old African American woman from Jacksonville, Florida, who was found guilty in May 2012 of aggravated assault and sentenced to a state-mandatory 20 years in prison. Marissa Alexander had argued that she fired a warning shot at her husband, Rico Gray, because she feared for her life […]
Do you remember that kid who went on YouTube to profess his love for the Confederate Flag a year or so ago? Well, Byron Thomas has taken his love for all things Dixie Mason to Capital Hill, where he is an intern for Tim Scott, the Republican Senator from South Carolina. Given that he has […]
UPDATED 7/18/13, 12:22 p.m. EST: On “Nancy Grace,” Rachel Jeantel publicly accepted Tom Joyner‘s college scholarship offer, responding amid a large smile, “Yes, I will [go to college]”: Watch Jeantel accepting Joyner’s college offer here: __________________________________________ This week, radio host and philanthropist Tom Joyner (pictured) appeared on the “Piers Morgan Live” to explain why he […]
